Magic Touch

Use this guide to get  and give  a very sexy massage

To light a fire, rub here. This incendiary advice is not about scratching two sticks together and shivering until they spark. It's about skin on skin in a candlelit bedroom — and feeling the rush of heat. In an online poll of more than 8,500 people, 72 percent of couples said sensual massage turbocharged their lovemaking. The science? Rubbing each other the right way releases feel-good endorphins, blocks the stress hormone cortisol, and boosts circulation to key erogenous zones, says Patti Britton, Ph.D., sexologist and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sensual Massage. Here's how to find — and ignite — the most surprising turn-on terrain on his body and yours and give the best massage ever.

Press here: Just below your anklebones. Acupressure points here stimulate nerves that run to the pelvic region.This way: Gentle fingertip pressure — while you trill a new version of an old favorite: "The anklebone's connected to the pleasure zone."

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Rub here: Just south of the Adam's apple. Targets the thyroid gland, linked in traditional Chinese medicine to the sex organs.This way: Long, light fingertip strokes.

Press here: The crease at the groin. Stimulates acupressure points that lead to the pelvis, or sexual "energy furnace," Dr. Sprinkle says.This way: Gently with your fingertips for 30 to 60 seconds, like you're feeling for his pulse — which by now should be galloping like Seabiscuit out of the starting gate.